The Kite Runner
1.) Read an annotate "An Afghan-American Speaks." As you annotate focus on the misconceptions presented in the editorial. Honors only: Write your own editorial that discusses the misconceptions related to your culture/heritage. 400-500 words. Share in a google doc. Due Friday, 9.12.14.
2.) Read chapters 4 & 5
3.) Read chapter 6
4.) Read chapter 7. Come with notes for a student run discussion
5.) Read chapter 9. Come with talking points.
6.) For Wednesday, 9.24.14: Go back through all the resources you have read and prepare to write an in-class essay citing multiple sources that identifies the qualities of a good college essay. Bring NOTES
7.) For Tuesday, 9.30.14. Read chapters 10, 11, and 12. Honors Only!
You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” —Sonsyrea Tate
Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual. From The Kite Runner, choose a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the work. Do not merely summarize the plot. AP 2010. (700-800 words).
8.) Read chapter 13. Work on essay for The Kite Runner.
9.) Kite Runner essay due Tuesday, 10.7.14
10.) Read 14 & 15
11.) Read 16 & 17
12) Read 18 & 19 for Friday, 10.10.14
13) Read 20
14.) Due Tuesday, 10.21.14
-Read 21 & 22
-Everyone complete the following OR: Chapter 22 is a pivotal moment in the text. Identify and explain the significance of the chapter. Include textual evidence from the chapter as well as previous chapters, if needed.
-Final draft of college essay
15.) For Wednesday, 10.29.14: Read chapter 24. Skits on Thursday, 10.30.14
16.) Finish book for Friday, 10.31.14, Come with talking points for an SRD
17.) “13 Views”
After reading The Kite Runner, choose a chapter or character from the text and write a poem. Your poem must contain the following:
Each stanza will offer a different view of the character or chapter
The poem will contain 13 stanzas
Each stanza will not be more than 5 lines long
Each line should be short; no more than 7 words
If you are writing about a character, you should first brainstorm 13 different characteristics of the character or moments in the text that portray the character in a different light. If you writing about a chapter, it should be 13 different ways a moment(s) could be viewed.
Due: Thursday, 11.6.14. This counts as a major assignment for Q2
1.) Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2.) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?
3.) Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4.) Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?
5.) Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
1.) a.) After reading "Barbie-Q" and understanding author's purpose, visit the Barbie website and browse the history of Barbie. Consider the role Barbie has played over history and the role it plays today. Come with 5 quotations/facts, etc., that you feel are important to discuss. Make sure that you have a rationale for each quotations/fact you choose. This means come with notes! History of Barbie
b.) Read the article below from NY Daily News, which offers a different perspective on Barbie. Come with points to discuss and consider all the texts we have read related to Barbie while doing so. Make sure you have notes for the discussion. Barbie as a real woman is anataomically impossible...
c.) Discussion on Tuesday, 11.18.14
2.) For Tuesday, 11.24.14, read all 4 articles and come with notes for a discussion. Your notes will be collected.
4.) Find an advertisement (not commercial) and complete the rhetorical triangle. Make sure you bring the advertisement to class. The advertisement must contain men in it or promote a male product.
5.) Annotate "The Confession: Part Two." Focus on identity and culture.
6.) Annotate "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Focus on identity and culture
7.) Read and annotate "Milk Years"
Synthesis Essay: A person’s identity is largely shaped by one’s culture and heritage. Choose three of the short stories we have read (excerpt from A Thousand Splendid Suns, excerpt from Americanah, The Confession: Part Two, and/or “Milk Years") and write a synthesis paper explaining the role heritage or culture has on shaping each narrator’s perspective of herself or society.
8.) Brainstorm
9.) For Thursday, come with introduction and thesis statement.
10.) Synthesis Essay due Thursday, 1/8/15 POL Dates:
Thursday, 12.4.14: Choose a poem
Friday, 12.12: 14: Memorize poem for a quiz grade (must be able to write poem down from memory)
Tuesday, 12.16.17: Practice round in groups
Friday, 12.19.14: POL recitations
Hamlet
1.) Pre-decting lines in Hamlet
2.) Grade sample essay according to rubric. Make sure to have a clear and thorough explanation of your rationale for the grade ( paragraph response).
3.) Which version, overall, did you feel best captured the text? Explain your reasoning with specific examples from all sources. 4.) Using Polonius' speech as a model, write advice to a new student at your school. How do you navigate the social scene? What foods should you avoid in the cafeteria? ( Honors only: 3/4 page)
As we read Hamlet, you will be assigned a character and be responsible for tracking the character. The tracking of your character will count as DJs and you will analyze the character throughout reading the play. You will complete the following while analyzing your assigned character:
§ Motivation
§ Personality
§ Interactions/feelings with other characters
§ Any important soliloquys or speeches that reveal insight into the character
Note: if your character changes, you definitely need to make note of it.
Characters:
Hamlet
Horatio
Orphelia
Queen Gertude
King Claudius
Laertes
Polonius
6.) Open response: Which version, overall, did you feel best captured the text? Explain your reasoning with specific examples from all sources. The more specific, the better (Mel Gibson: 1990; Kenneth Brannagh: 1996).
7.) Opinion Response: COSTS OF MURDER : King Hamlet tells his son that he shall be bound to avenge his murder when he hears of it. Does Prince Hamlet believe he has a moral obligation to kill Claudius? Is killing Claudius justified? How should Hamlet avenge his father's death?
8.) Finish reading Act 1, scene 5. If you are tracking Hamlet or Horatio, you should definitely be adding to your DJs. Also choose a topic for your research paper using the cite below. Remember, it needs to be the same year you were born and on or as close to your birthday as possible. __http://www.historyorb.com__
9.) What is Hamlet Thinking? (shared in a google doc).
10.) All Annotated Bibliographies due (rough draft): Tuesday, 2.24.15. If you don't turn these in on time, you will not receive any feedback.
11.) Emulation (Honors Only) After reading Hamlet's "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy emulate his style. Due: Friday, 3/14/15
12.) For Friday, Read the excerpts from "Ophelia." Compare her perspective with the one scene in the play, 3.1. You will have to review 3.1 Come with specific points to discuss.
13.) "Remembrance of Yours"…Analyzing characters using mementos (Folger Shakespeare)
Using your character tracking DJs, you will complete a project on the following: 1.) Creative piece: Create a 3-D symbol for your character (this cannot be a symbol found in the play). You creation should reflect hard work and attention to detail. The symbol should be original and accurately illustrates your characters, as a whole. 2.) Written piece: a detailed explanation how the symbol connects with your character; 5 quotations from the play, with an explanation, on the relation of the symbol to the character. 3.) Presentation!
Hamlet Online Text
Research Paper Due Dates:
1.) Wednesday, 2/25/15: Rough drafts of ABs
2.) Monday, 3/2/15: Revised ABs due
3.) Wednesday, 3/4/15: Parts 1,2, and 3 of outline due (thesis, background, cause/effect)
4.) Tuesday, 3/10/15: part 4 due (multiple perspective)
5.) Friday, 3/14/15: parts 5&6 due
6.) Tuesday, 3/17/15: Rough draft due War; Peace; Survival Unit
1.) Read the editorial from the New York Times, "Let's Draft Our Kids". Come with talking points and complete a DJ Let's Draft Our Kids 2.) Complete the last documentary log.
3..) Read the article below and come with talking points for Friday. New York Times-"War Wounds (We will be talking about "War Wounds" and "They War Tapes" on Monday in a class discussion. 4.) "The War on Suicide". Come with talking points 5.) After reading "The War on Suicide", "War Wounds", watching "Why Soldiers Miss War", "Escaping the Khmer Rouge" "What I Saw in War", "I was Held Hostage for 317 Days",and "Inside a School for Suicide Bombers", what role does war play on cultures, the individual, and families? Due Wednesday, 5/13/2015
6.) Due Friday, 5/15/15: For the spring assessment, to show growth in this area, submit a portion of your research paper (no more than a page) that shows integration of sources and cohesion of argument . Share with my in a googledoc labeled, "last name, Spring DDM).
The Kite Runner
1.) Read an annotate "An Afghan-American Speaks." As you annotate focus on the misconceptions presented in the editorial. Honors only: Write your own editorial that discusses the misconceptions related to your culture/heritage. 400-500 words. Share in a google doc. Due Friday, 9.12.14.
2.) Read chapters 4 & 5
3.) Read chapter 6
4.) Read chapter 7. Come with notes for a student run discussion
5.) Read chapter 9. Come with talking points.
6.)
For Wednesday, 9.24.14:
Go back through all the resources you have read and prepare to write an in-class essay citing multiple sources that identifies the qualities of a good college essay. Bring NOTES
7.) For Tuesday, 9.30.14. Read chapters 10, 11, and 12. Honors Only!
You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” —Sonsyrea Tate
Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual. From The Kite Runner, choose a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the work. Do not merely summarize the plot. AP 2010. (700-800 words).
8.) Read chapter 13. Work on essay for The Kite Runner.9.) Kite Runner essay due Tuesday, 10.7.14
10.) Read 14 & 15
11.) Read 16 & 17
12) Read 18 & 19 for Friday, 10.10.14
13) Read 20
14.) Due Tuesday, 10.21.14
-Read 21 & 22
-Everyone complete the following OR: Chapter 22 is a pivotal moment in the text. Identify and explain the significance of the chapter. Include textual evidence from the chapter as well as previous chapters, if needed.
-Final draft of college essay
15.) For Wednesday, 10.29.14: Read chapter 24. Skits on Thursday, 10.30.14
16.) Finish book for Friday, 10.31.14, Come with talking points for an SRD
17.) “13 Views”
After reading The Kite Runner, choose a chapter or character from the text and write a poem. Your poem must contain the following:
- Each stanza will offer a different view of the character or chapter
- The poem will contain 13 stanzas
- Each stanza will not be more than 5 lines long
- Each line should be short; no more than 7 words
If you are writing about a character, you should first brainstorm 13 different characteristics of the character or moments in the text that portray the character in a different light. If you writing about a chapter, it should be 13 different ways a moment(s) could be viewed.Due: Thursday, 11.6.14. This counts as a major assignment for Q2
Links
The Real Kite Runners
The Toughest Battle
Kite Runners Return to Afghanistan
Brutalized Afghan Women Finds Strength
CNN Looks at Transformation of Women
College Essay
1.) Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2.) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?
3.) Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4.) Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?
5.) Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Important Due Dates:
Friday, 9.26.14: Draft #1
Thursday, 10.3.14: Draft #2
Thursday, 10.9.14: Draft #3
Tuesday, 10.14.14: Draft #4. Print it out and bring to class.
Tuesday, 10.21.14: Final draft
Identity; Culture; Gender
Barbie Clips:
First Ever Barbie Commercial
1970s Barbie
Hula Hair Barbie 1996
2010: I Can Be Anything
1.) a.) After reading "Barbie-Q" and understanding author's purpose, visit the Barbie website and browse the history of Barbie. Consider the role Barbie has played over history and the role it plays today. Come with 5 quotations/facts, etc., that you feel are important to discuss. Make sure that you have a rationale for each quotations/fact you choose. This means come with notes!
History of Barbie
b.) Read the article below from NY Daily News, which offers a different perspective on Barbie. Come with points to discuss and consider all the texts we have read related to Barbie while doing so. Make sure you have notes for the discussion.
Barbie as a real woman is anataomically impossible...
c.) Discussion on Tuesday, 11.18.14
2.) For Tuesday, 11.24.14, read all 4 articles and come with notes for a discussion. Your notes will be collected.
3.) For Monday, 12/1/14, watch the trailer, "The Mask You Live In" The Mask You Live In Then, answer the following questions.
4.) Find an advertisement (not commercial) and complete the rhetorical triangle. Make sure you bring the advertisement to class. The advertisement must contain men in it or promote a male product.
5.) Annotate "The Confession: Part Two." Focus on identity and culture.
6.) Annotate "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Focus on identity and culture
7.) Read and annotate "Milk Years"
Synthesis Essay:
A person’s identity is largely shaped by one’s culture and heritage. Choose three of the short stories we have read (excerpt from A Thousand Splendid Suns, excerpt from Americanah, The Confession: Part Two, and/or “Milk Years") and write a synthesis paper explaining the role heritage or culture has on shaping each narrator’s perspective of herself or society.
8.) Brainstorm
9.) For Thursday, come with introduction and thesis statement.
10.) Synthesis Essay due Thursday, 1/8/15
POL Dates:
Thursday, 12.4.14: Choose a poem
Friday, 12.12: 14: Memorize poem for a quiz grade (must be able to write poem down from memory)
Tuesday, 12.16.17: Practice round in groups
Friday, 12.19.14: POL recitations
Hamlet
1.) Pre-decting lines in Hamlet2.) Grade sample essay according to rubric. Make sure to have a clear and thorough explanation of your rationale for the grade ( paragraph response).
3.) Which version, overall, did you feel best captured the text? Explain your reasoning with specific examples from all sources.
4.) Using Polonius' speech as a model, write advice to a new student at your school. How do you navigate the social scene? What foods should you avoid in the cafeteria? ( Honors only: 3/4 page)
5.) Characters in Hamlet
As we read Hamlet, you will be assigned a character and be responsible for tracking the character. The tracking of your character will count as DJs and you will analyze the character throughout reading the play. You will complete the following while analyzing your assigned character:
Characters:
6.) Open response: Which version, overall, did you feel best captured the text? Explain your reasoning with specific examples from all sources. The more specific, the better (Mel Gibson: 1990; Kenneth Brannagh: 1996).
7.) Opinion Response: COSTS OF MURDER : King Hamlet tells his son that he shall be bound to avenge his murder when he hears of it. Does Prince Hamlet believe he has a moral obligation to kill Claudius? Is killing Claudius justified? How should Hamlet avenge his father's death?
8.) Finish reading Act 1, scene 5. If you are tracking Hamlet or Horatio, you should definitely be adding to your DJs. Also choose a topic for your research paper using the cite below. Remember, it needs to be the same year you were born and on or as close to your birthday as possible.
__http://www.historyorb.com__
9.) What is Hamlet Thinking? (shared in a google doc).
10.) All Annotated Bibliographies due (rough draft): Tuesday, 2.24.15. If you don't turn these in on time, you will not receive any feedback.
11.) Emulation (Honors Only) After reading Hamlet's "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy emulate his style. Due: Friday, 3/14/15
12.) For Friday, Read the excerpts from "Ophelia." Compare her perspective with the one scene in the play, 3.1. You will have to review 3.1 Come with specific points to discuss.
13.)
"Remembrance of Yours"…Analyzing characters using mementos (Folger Shakespeare)
Using your character tracking DJs, you will complete a project on the following:
1.) Creative piece: Create a 3-D symbol for your character (this cannot be a symbol found in the play). You creation should reflect hard work and attention to detail. The symbol should be original and accurately illustrates your characters, as a whole.
2.) Written piece: a detailed explanation how the symbol connects with your character; 5 quotations from the play, with an explanation, on the relation of the symbol to the character.
3.) Presentation!
Hamlet Online Text
Research Paper Due Dates:
1.) Wednesday, 2/25/15: Rough drafts of ABs
2.) Monday, 3/2/15: Revised ABs due
3.) Wednesday, 3/4/15: Parts 1,2, and 3 of outline due (thesis, background, cause/effect)
4.) Tuesday, 3/10/15: part 4 due (multiple perspective)
5.) Friday, 3/14/15: parts 5&6 due
6.) Tuesday, 3/17/15: Rough draft due
War; Peace; Survival Unit
1.) Read the editorial from the New York Times, "Let's Draft Our Kids". Come with talking points and complete a DJ
Let's Draft Our Kids
2.) Complete the last documentary log.
3..) Read the article below and come with talking points for Friday.
New York Times-"War Wounds
(We will be talking about "War Wounds" and "They War Tapes" on Monday in a class discussion.
4.) "The War on Suicide". Come with talking points
5.)
After reading "The War on Suicide", "War Wounds", watching "Why Soldiers Miss War", "Escaping the Khmer Rouge" "What I Saw in War", "I was Held Hostage for 317 Days",and "Inside a School for Suicide Bombers", what role does war play on cultures, the individual, and families? Due Wednesday, 5/13/2015
Ted Talk Links:
I Was Held Hostage for 317 Days
Wy Veterans Miss War
What I Saw in War
Escaping the Khmer Rouge
School for Suicide Bombers
6.) Due Friday, 5/15/15: For the spring assessment, to show growth in this area, submit a portion of your research paper (no more than a page) that shows integration of sources and cohesion of argument . Share with my in a googledoc labeled, "last name, Spring DDM).